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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, State Representative Monique D. Davis and the |
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| members of the House of Representatives of the State of |
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| Illinois learned with sadness of the death of Charlie B. |
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| Ragland, Sr., of Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday, January 9, |
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| 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated from Barrets Chapel High School, |
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| which he attended from kindergarten through twelfth grade; and
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| WHEREAS, He valiantly served our country as a member of the |
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| U.S. Army for three years; he married Aretta Westbrook Ragland |
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| in 1948; together, they shared 58 years and parented four sons |
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| and four daughters; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Ragland was a lifelong church leader at Oak |
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| Spring Baptist Church in Arlington, Tennessee; he was retired |
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| from E.I. DuPont Chemical Co.; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Ragland's son, Alan V. Ragland, is the Senior |
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| Pastor of Third Baptist Church of Chicago, located in the |
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| legislative district of State Representative Monique D. Davis; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we mourn the passing of Mr. Charlie B. Ragland, Sr., and we |
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| extend our deepest sympathy to his family, friends, and all who |
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| knew and loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to his family as an expression of our sincerest |
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| condolences.
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